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Bruce L. Whetter has a BBA in management from Eastern Michigan University and a Masters in Experience. Whetter started his career in chemical sales with Ashland Chemical Company in 1976. Whetter has held positions in regional sales, sales management and national sales management throughout the country with two major chemical companies, as well as regional Vice Presidential management. Whetter also has experience in environmental compliance and environmental consulting.Whetter purchased the assets of the old Americhem Corporations 20 acre site in 1998 and renamed the company Americhem Sales Corporation. The previous owners of the old Americhem Corporation were not responsible chemical distributors and thus, contaminated a portion of the site. Whetter negotiated a Covenant Not To Sue (CNTS) with the State of Michigan, as well as the AGs office, and then purchased the assets of the company.Whetter and the MDEQ immediately began a comprehensive long term plan to clean up the site, managed by the MDEQ. The employees of the old Americhem Corporation would have lost their jobs, the company closed and the City of Mason left with an environmental disaster, had the CNTS not been negotiated and granted to Whetter. With the CNTS in place, Whetter then had the protection he needed to go forward with purchasing the assets of the old Americhem Corporation without assuming any environmental liability, thus a win-win situation was created. The old solvents tank farm was removed, USTs were removed and the beginning of the new company was under way. A new bulk solvents state-of-the-art 500,000 gallon tank farm was built, a new state-of-the-art, totally inside and under roof, 500,000 gallon oils tank farm was built, as well as a totally enclosed, full containment, scale house where two (2) 120,000 pound state certified scales were constructed totally under roof and locked at night for security.Through Whetters chemical experience and his involvement with the National Association of Chemical Distributors (NACD), an organization made up of other chemical distributors of all sizes throughout the country, Whetter brought Americhem Sales Corporation to new heights. He then guided the company through NACDs Responsible Distribution (RD) quality program and obtained ISO-9002/QS-9000 registration. Americhem Sales Corporation is currently registered to the ISO-9001/2008 standard, as well as constantly passing annual audits that are required for continued certification. Whetter has chaired the NACDs Professional Development Committee, served on its Membership Committee, served on the Responsible Distribution (RD) Committee, served as the NACD Central Region's Treasurer, Secretary, Vice President and President. Whetter has also served on the NACD Board of Directors.As reflected in the August 2000 edition of the Chemical Distributor magazine, Americhem Sales Corporation may have been the only single site chemical distributor in the country to achieve registration to QS-9000, merge RD, ISO-9002, and the QS-9000 process into one Quality Management System.Whetter was asked to give a Keynote Presentation at the NACDs 2004 annual meeting in California outlining the environmental accomplishments of Americhem Sales Corporation, saving jobs in a small community and how the old company was rebuilt. More importantly, the dedication provided through a constant quality management effort, the dollars dedicated toward cleaning up the site to initially contain the contaminants, then eliminate and remove the contamination created by the previous owners irresponsible chemical handling, has been an on-going story in itself. ASC was paid the highest honor in September of 2006 at the annual NACD OPSEM meeting by being named the first award winner of the NACDs Responsible Distribution (RD) Excellence Award for demonstrating outstanding performance in chemical handling and distribution. The NACD has over 250 member companies throughout the United States and other parts of the world. This is quite an honor. Americhem Sales Corporation is also a proud member of the Independent Lubricant Manufactures Association (ILMA) and the Chicago Drug and Chemical Association. Whetter routinely attends annual and semi-annual meetings.In summary, through Whetters leadership and long term vision, a company was saved in Mason, Michigan, the previous environmental problems on the site were contained, an on-going clean up plan was put in place managed by the MDEQ, and Americhem Sales Corporation has grown to become a leader in responsible chemical distribution. Bruce has also worked with the NACD's RD workshops giving several presentations to further enhance Responsible Distribution, sharing ideas with operational staff members from other NACD companies throughout the country, based on successes obtained and operational enhancements at Americhem Sales Corporation.During the NACD annual meeting in Palm Springs, CA in December of 2010, Americhem Sales Corporation/Bruce Whetter was named the 2010 Distributor of the Year, a coveted award voted on and determined by all other NACD member companies. Bruce Whetter's thank you to the NACD and the NACD member companies can be read in the January/February 2011 edition of the Chemical Distributor magazine. _
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